Andy Burnham's call to put technical education at the heart of the national conversation is a welcome one. His proposal to expand technical pathways and...
Today, thousands of our learners across the country will open their Level 3 and T Level results and take another important step on their career...
Results day is the starting point – not the finish line: how parents and carers can support young people this summer For many families, results...
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Andy Burnham means business. Two weeks into the job, the new Prime Minister has promised to end rough sleeping, fix social care, cap energy bills...
It seems everyone in Greater Manchester has an Andy Burnham Story. Mine starts backstage at Parklife festival in 2017. I was fortunate enough to be...
Employers understand the need for skills. They experience recruitment pressures, changing technology and gaps in workforce capability directly. What many understand less clearly, is how...
The Breaking Barriers report is absolutely right to focus on building more bridges into work for young people and moving the debate away from cliff...
On Tuesday last week, the Prime Minister announced plans to put technical education on an equal footing with academic study. There was more focus on...
In the first three months of 2026, the number of young people in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEETs) passed...
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#AntiRacismInAction: West Yorkshire with Robin Landman OBE, Chris Webb and Palvinder Singh Episode 5 of 9 BFELG Livestreams #AntiRacismInAction – Making the Most of an Ethnically…
As the pandemic swept across the world in 2020, universities were forced to reassess their approach to teaching as they shut their doors to students…
At the end of another #BlackHistoryMonth in 2020, I posed a question of whether this year would be different. Would it be enhanced and more…
Last week saw the publication of my report for the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, a Review of the Potential for E-Assessment for Technical Education in England.…
Austerity gone but not undone. Little sign of transformative policy or investment Yesterday the Chancellor set out his stall for the next three years. He…
Earlier this month at the Conservative Party Conference, the Lifelong Education Commission – on which I serve as an independent commissioner – launched its first…
Reflecting on Party Conferences 2021 – What can we hope for in education? Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, last year’s 2020 party conferences took place…
Leave the break, have a KitKat. Isn’t that what we do these days? No time to stop, we just grab a snack on the go.…
It’s been a rocky 18 months for higher education as it has grappled with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our universities may count among…
Ufi has funded a number of very exciting Health and Social Care projects over the last five years. Learners in this sector very often fit…
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